This weekend marks the end of a short, but strange era: MultiVersus, a platform fighter featuring a bunch of Warner Bros. characters, has shut down. The game was intended as a hopeful rival to Super Smash Bros., and after a promising start, WB has cut bait about a year after its full relaunch. That MultiVersus died isn’t really a surprise these […]
Hell Yeah, ‘Sinners’ Comes Home to Streaming Next Week
You’ve seen it in theaters, and probably in IMAX. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to watch Sinners in the comfort of your own home, as it comes to VOD platforms beginning Tuesday, June 3. Ryan Coogler’s period piece vampire thriller has been the talk of the town since its mid-April release, and you’ll be able […]
‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Kills to a Series-Best Box Office
After 14 years, the Final Destination series returned to theaters with this weekend’s Bloodlines, and audiences flocked to see some young adults perish. Per Variety, the horror flick has earned $102 million worldwide, a new best for the series. That take is an even split (heh) of $51 million domestically and internationally. For reference, The Final Destination and Final […]
A Minecraft Movie Is Expanding With a Theatrical Sing-Along Version
A Minecraft Movie was already one of the biggest movies of the month, and now it’s about to get bigger with a singalong version. Earlier today, Warner Bros. announced a “Block Party Edition” hitting theaters which’ll let attendees “sing (and meme) along” to the film’s handful of tunes from Jack Black. Screenings start this weekend, […]
DC Studios’ Superman Will Soar Globally After Warner Bros. Legal Win
A lawsuit brought by the estate of Superman co-creator Joseph Schuster which attempted to block the film’s release in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom—thanks to an old law kink that could have prevented James Gunn’s film from opening in any country that was once ruled by the British Crown—will not be moving forward. […]
Bid on Animation History and Rarities to Raise Money for LA Wildfire Relief
The animation industry in partnership with ASIFA-Hollywood has launched AnimAID, and a fundraising auction at Sotheby’s is set to raise money for industry folks affected by the LA wildfires. The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures Animation, DreamWorks Animation, LAIKA, and more big studios have all donated an array of rare and unique pieces […]
Ryan Coogler Thanks Fans for Sinners’ Box-Office Success
Warner Bros. and Ryan Coogler have much to celebrate with the success of the filmmaker’s hit vampire movie. After Sinners‘ opening weekend, the Hollywood Reporter shared that it raked in $48 million domestically, which bodes well for original filmmaking and the studios still game to support it. Sinners was a gamble that Warner Bros. movie […]
Warner Bros. Pictures Co-Heads Praise the ‘Epic Sci-Fi’ of James Gunn’s Superman
Minecraft is a viral smash hit, but the auteur-drive Mickey 17 very much was not—and now, the top executives at Warner Bros. Pictures are looking to franchise popularity to allow them to continue to balance out original swings. With strong pre-opening buzz for next week’s Sinners, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy hope Ryan Coogler’s […]
Minecraft Made a Lotta Money in Theaters This Weekend
After what’s been like a decade and several shifting creative teams, Warner Bros. has finally gotten its Minecraft movie out in theaters. With the trailers being what they were, no one was entirely sure how this one would do. As it turns out, it’s doing better than expected. Per Hollywood Reporter, the Jared Hess-directed film made […]
Krypto Shines in Brand New Footage From James Gunn’s Superman
This week at CinemaCon movie studios are putting on a show for movie theater representatives and invited media. And at tonight’s Warner Bros. presentation, James Gunn and DC Studios closed things out with a look at this summer’s Superman. James Gunn referred to this summer as “the summer of Superman” but after the extended footage he […]